Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral
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I think you need the EMG electronics don't you? They have those little quick connect clips to hook up the pickups I think?
Can anyone clarify that?
Can anyone clarify that?
Nitronium Blood said:I have an EMG 81 in the bridge.
I just want the 85, without the additional stuff and therefore additional cost.
vile_ator said:I think Im done with EMGs. The 85 is better I think cause its not so bright. I always had a hard time finding a passive pickup with enough gain that was not too out of control. The Invader is sooo noisy, same with the Dimarzio X2n, and the Dimebag pickup. They pick up a lot of string noise and shit. But I have now found the Dimarzio Evolution. I have a 7 string version and a 6 string one. They are loud but not noisy and still have a good lead tone.
I have found the EMGs to compress the signal so much that you cant hear any dynamic in the playing. And they seem to offer to much scratch factor. They just seem to be one dimentional. But they are gainy and they can make an amp with low gain sound a lot better. But if you have the gain on your amp, that to me is a better sounding gain than what comes from a high gain pickup like EMG.
Colin
really... i've not found that to be true at all... and i have owned or used just about every high gain amp of the last 15 years and every pick-up that has been listed in this thread so far. i have never had a problem with a "lack of dynamics" when playing with EMG's...the dynamics are in your hands brother.. NOT the pick-up.. the EMG pick-ups only have gain... and thus more headroom for even MORE dynamics... not less. i have gotten the best clean and semi-clean tones captured on my albums over the years with EMGs... if the sheer volume is clipping the preamp stage of your head or just pushing it too hard for your taste, you just back off your volume pot (on your guitar) a bit.. wa-lah!! i only suggest that for clean or semi-clean sounds though. for heavy rhythms of course you leave the volume knob full up.vile_ator said:I have found the EMGs to compress the signal so much that you cant hear any dynamic in the playing. And they seem to offer to much scratch factor. They just seem to be one dimentional. But they are gainy and they can make an amp with low gain sound a lot better. But if you have the gain on your amp, that to me is a better sounding gain than what comes from a high gain pickup like EMG.
Colin
as i mentioned above.. just cut back on the volume knob on your guitar... it'll clean it right up and you'll have dynamics for days. if you're that wasted during shows you may just want to leave that suggestion for recording though.Genius Gone Insane said:My only prob with EMG 81s is that they distort the clean channel.
James Murphy said:if you're that wasted during shows you may just want to leave that suggestion for recording though.
James Murphy said:really... i've not found that to be true at all... and i have owned or used just about every high gain amp of the last 15 years and every pick-up that has been listed in this thread so far. i have never had a problem with a "lack of dynamics" when playing with EMG's...the dynamics are in your hands brother.. NOT the pick-up.. the EMG pick-ups only have gain... and thus more headroom for even MORE dynamics... not less. i have gotten the best clean and semi-clean tones captured on my albums over the years with EMGs... if the sheer volume is clipping the preamp stage of your head or just pushing it too hard for your taste, you just back off your volume pot (on your guitar) a bit.. wa-lah!! i only suggest that for clean or semi-clean sounds though. for heavy rhythms of course you leave the volume knob full up.
players in other genres seem to understand this concept, even passive pick-up users. in metal though i really only see guys touch their volume knobs during a song if there's a break in the rhythm part and they don't have a Hush unit.
Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral said:Adam Jones of Tool sure does, he controls the level of gain in his sound entirely with the volume knob, backing off to 1 or 2 for a clean tone and so on...